{"guid":"be7b8fd8-15d6-5d41-a0f6-15604e0ae3c7","title":"Why OSM is not known more widely - about consequences of not enforcing attribution requirements","subtitle":null,"slug":"sotm2021-10063-why-osm-is-not-known-more-widely-about-consequences-of-not-enforcing-attribution-requirements","link":"https://2021.stateofthemap.org/sessions/PHJ83R/","description":"Describes current situation of people using and appreciating OpenStreetMap data without being aware at all about its source.\n\nDescribes how it violates OpenStreetMap license and proposes to start enforcing it.\n\nOpenStreetMap is not really known among people.\n\nBut it does not mean that they are not using it.\n\nI was talking with a pair of tourists using maps.me to navigate. They commented that OpenStreetMap sounds like an interesting project. But it seemed to them to be an unnecessary duplicate of maps.me with its great maps.\n\nThey were completely unaware that all useful data displayed by maps.me is from the OpenStreetMap.\n\nOSM data can be used by anyone, with few requirements. One of them is requirement to clearly and prominently state source of data.\n\nDespite this, many companies somehow fail to include a proper attribution. Including ones that are incredibly wealthy and ones that put massive effort into designing their applications.\n\nHow can we change that situation?\n\nMany people who would contribute are unaware that OpenStreetMap exists. We are losing potential contributors. Especially among people not interested already in open data and maps.\n\nIt is one of reasons why demographics of OpenStreetMap are so diverged from overall population. One needs to be quite unusual to be even aware that it exists and that this data is widely used.\n\nDue to obvious conflict of interest between OpenStreetMap community and corporations using this data fixing this problem will not be easy. 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